Family headquarters, karla ray, this change involves the day of the month the recipients get their benefits. Reporter right now, benefits for the entire state of florida are added to the snap cards within the first 12 days of the month. Dcf told us today they are extending that through the first 28 days of the month to try to even things out throughout the month. But, the first month that this happens, its going to make budget tight for families. A trip to the Grocery Store would not be possible for hundreds of thousands of floridians without the help of the snap program, better known as food stamps. I only get 169 for a family of five. Reporter this woman wants to protect her familys identity. She has three kids and her husband cant work due to a disability. And she found out today that come watch their benefits will be spread even more than in an effort to keep shelves fully stocked. I think its a very big shock. Reporter currently, food stamp cards are loaded in the first 12 days of
The line. Reporter yes and the sheriff said as soon as the video was released, he wanted to speak out about it at the Sheriffs Office he says he wants the community to know he does not condone the actions of the former deputies and he is working to make sure Something Like this does not happen again. We all know that it was wrong. This afternoon Marion County share chris miller held a News Conference we talked about video and 2014 that shows 5 former deputies trevor fitzgerald, james on the day, coating apple, Adam Crawford and jesse turow who was most recently indicted. The video shows the deputies punching, kicking and meeting derek price who was a suspect who they were chasing for one hour. In the video it shows he had already held up his hands and cotton on the ground before the 4 of the 5 individuals have pled guilty in federal court and are awaiting sentencing. Reporter the sheriff says this was the case of the agencies policing their own, Officials Say when price showed up to th
Point. But back to that Surveillance Video. It makes a strong case that he was not resisting. Marion county sheriff chris blair says the video shook him to the core. As in as i saw this video, all five individuals were suspended without pay. I personally felt their actions were egr egious and they should never receive another dime per Marion County taxpayers. Reporter wednesday, former Deputy Jesse Terrell was indicted on civil rights violations, he was fired following the incident. James amidei, trevor fitzgerald, adam crawford, and cody hoppel all resigned. Meredith all five deputies were immediately suspended without pay. The fdle was called in to investigate the Excessive Force complaint. Stewart all westbound lanes of that is an accident at the fairbanks curve. About 10 minutes ago we watched as an analyst left the scene. As you can even a light picture, it has just opened. For more on what caused this set down, state here. Stay here. New tonight, a name that became synonymous wit
S get you outside, and you will notice like pavement. First alert meteorologist amy sweezey is in this morning. Amy, what will we see as we step outside . Amy is cloudy and damp. We have rain in parts of Central Florida, but it is not very much yet. Once we get to sunrise and research of heat up, we will begin to see a little bit more rain start to develop. An area of low pressure will roll in from the gulf of mexico. We will get a little low today during the day for a couple of hours and then more rain will start to roll in as the cold front makes six approach. Two different rounds of rain. Temperatures, lowtomid 60 s. Pretty much where we were yesterday to start the day. We have visibility, some of those low clouds. You can see some areas down to not a lot of ground fog, but it will be gray and gloomy when you head out. The first batch of rain to the south, and this area of low pressure that is in the gulf today. The evening. You will see just a few little showers in brevard county,
Ground. The sheriff insisted it does not reflect the way his agency does business. Stewart wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel explores the sheriff s explanation, and where his agency goes from here. We re not going to tolerate any type of this activity. Dave the sheriff says he picked up the phone as soon as he saw the video, a man being hit, kicked, kneed while on the ground. Stop resisting. Dave the deputy s body camera suggests derrick price was resisting, but blair immediately suspended all five. Chris blair i was saddened by it, i was upset by it, i can just tell you i did not leave that desk from where i viewed that video. I immediately made a contact with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, that s how strong i felt that they were way outside the line. Dave the feds got involved, determined there was no resisting arrest. Four deputies quit jesse terell , was fired. Cody hoppel, adam crawford, james amidei, and travor fitzgerald have already pleaded guilty in federal court, for civil r